Qiu Lu Xing

Han Dynasty: Cao Zhi

Heaven and earth are infinite, and Yin and Yang turn into each other. Living in one world, suddenly if the wind blows the dust.

I would like to show my diligence and lose my strength to Mingjun. With this Wang Zuocai, he is generous and unique.

scales respect dragons, while animals live in Kirin. Insects and beasts still know virtue, not to mention scholars.

Confucius deleted the poetry book, and Wang Yexie has already divided it. I'm an inch thick, and I'm full of flowers.

Translation:

There is no end to the eternal existence of heaven and earth, and yin and yang alternate in cold and summer. Life in the world, life is extremely short, just like the wind blowing dust. I hope I can give full play to my talents and try my best to serve the wise monarch. With this ability to assist the emperor, he is outstanding and different in customs.

Li Jie respects the dragon, and the animals regard Kirin as their ancestor. Like the dragon and Kirin, Li Jie is very outstanding. After Confucius deleted Poems and Books, the career of the king was already very clear. I galloped with my own words and algae, and set an example for future generations with my articles, leaving my name forever.

Appreciation:

This poem is a five-character poem expressing oneself, which is Cao Zhi's later works. The poem shows the poet's generous ambition to make a positive contribution in his limited life, even if he can't make achievements, at least to make a statement. The poetic style is vigorous and fresh, and the emotions are straightforward and sincere.

the first two sentences are vast and vague, and the artistic conception is wide and changeable. It is said that the universe is infinite and the changes are endless. Second, three sentences, shrink with the trend, write that life is so short as the wind blows the dust, which forms a sharp contrast with the first two sentences, expressing the feeling of short life.

Five or six sentences are the epigrams of this poem, among which the sentence "Suddenly the wind blows the dust" is the poetic eye of this poem, which is like the human eye, and it is the concentrated expression of the spirit of the whole poem. The purpose of this poem comes from this. This naturally leads people to contact the first four sentences of Cao Cao's "Short Songs": "When drinking wine, what is life geometry? For example, the morning dew is much harder to go to Japan. "

However, Cao Zhi's pity for the brevity of life is not the same as that of Cao Cao. His eagerness to make achievements is closer to the pursuit of personal fame. These two sentences have a connecting link in structure. For the first four sentences, it is from implicit lyricism to straightforward confession. He hopes that in the limited years of life, he will do his best to display his talents and make contributions to assist Mingjun.

However, his personality and social reality make him unable to get what he wants, which naturally leads to seven or eight sentences of "being pregnant with this Wang Zuocai, being generous and unique". This complaint shows his persistent pursuit of meritorious service and fame. Although he is in trouble, he still never hates life, and he doesn't want to escape from reality. He still maintains the arrogant nature of his youth.

Even if you are under house arrest and isolated from the state affairs, you should sing about the anguish that your ambition can't be realized through poetry. Nine to twelve sentences, another turning point in structure. The poet is not talented, but he doesn't want to be mediocre and go with the flow. It's useless to shout "generosity alone". He wants to create a road of "generosity alone" for himself.

Therefore, feelings have changed from anguish to resentment. These four sentences are ingenious in techniques, expressing emotions and aspirations, and they are the hub of the whole poem. The sentence "the scales respect the dragon, and the animals live in the unicorn" is poetic and meaningful. "Dragon" and "Kirin" are the legendary kings of insects and beasts. Its virtue is respected by insects and beasts.

The poet takes this opportunity to talk about his sad situation of being "generous and unique". Emotion is the highest point of the poet's depressed feelings, and the pain is sad, and the grief is angry, and the intense feelings follow. The sentence "Do insects and beasts know virtue, let alone scholars" tells the truth, and the poet turns grief into anger, and sends out a question in an indignant voice. The meaning is pun:

On the one hand, it is clear from the front that scholars should know virtue better than insects and beasts; On the other hand, he secretly rebuked Cao Rui for being narrow-minded, not as good as Shenlong and Kirin. The stronger the poet's eagerness to make contributions, the more he makes the so-called "Ming Jun" jealous.

when he felt that his hope of "devoting himself to the country, benefiting the people, building a career that will last forever and making a fortune" was completely cut off, he had to comfort himself by devoting himself to literary creation.

The last four sentences express the poet's firm belief that even if he can't make achievements, he should at least pass on his literary talent to future generations to become immortal. The sentence "Confucius" praised the great significance of Confucius' deletion of poetry books, which was the road to fame put forward by the poet after he was calm in the face of social reality.

The author first affirmed the great contribution made by Confucius in the literary career, and then put forward the goal of "I am brave in my path, and I am full of flowers and flowers". This means that the ancients can not only make a name for themselves in the literary career, but also I can certainly achieve "flowing algae and weeping flowers".

In a word, Cao Zhi's political failure has promoted his success in literary career, and realized his prediction that "flowers bloom and flowers bloom" in this poem.

Extended information:

Cao Zhi was a writer of the Wei Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms. Zi Zijian Pei Guoqiao (now Bozhou, Anhui) was born. Cao Cao's third son was named King Chen Siwang. Because of his rich talent and learning, he was favored by Cao Cao in his early years. He once wanted to be a prince, but he fell out of favor. In 211 AD (the 16th year of Jian 'an, Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty), Pingyuan Hou was sealed, and in 214 AD (the 19th year of Jian 'an), it was changed to Linzi Hou. In 221 AD (the second year of Huang Chu in Wei Wendi), it was renamed Juancheng King.

after Cao pi proclaimed himself emperor, he was suspected and persecuted by Cao pi, and was repeatedly demoted and changed his fief. Cao Cao acceded to the throne, and Cao Zhi wrote several times, hoping to be appointed, but failed to do so, and finally died of depression.

Cao Zhi's life and creation are divided into two periods with Cao Pi as the boundary. In the early stage, a few works showed social unrest and their own ambitions, and the tone of the poems was cheerful and heroic; Later works reflect his depressed mood of oppression, and some poems have strong negative thoughts.

His poems are good at using figurative techniques, concise in language and Hua Mao in words, which comprehensively represents the achievements of Jian 'an's poems and has a great influence on the development of five-character poems. He is also good at poetry and prose.

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